Stub-holder



' (No Model.) 2 Sheets 8heet 1.

l 0. W.- MARTIN.

SI'UB HOLDER.

No. 470,690. Patented Mar; 15,1892;

(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2. G. W. MARTIN.

STUB HOLD ER.

No. 470,690. Patented Mar. 15,1892. 1 39.2

NITED STATES ATENT Genres.

CHARLES W. MARTIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STUB-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0..4'70,690, dated March15, 1892.

Application filed January 19, 1891- Serial No. 378,261. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stub Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in stub-holders forcheck, draft, and receipt books, and for similar purposes; and theobject is to increase the efficiency of the holder and extend its uses.

The improved stub-holder, which is shown and described herein, comprisesa frictionplate placed upon the inner side of the front cover of a bookand apertured for the passage of a screw passed through the coverof thebook and held by means of a nut, and a stubholder which has a baseportion to engage the screw, integral coi'ls to permit of the holdingarmbeing flexed, and a holding-arm provided with a sliding extension, whichis adapted to be extended across the folding-line, so as to maintain thestubs from which the coupons have been detached, and alsoto hold thestub while a coupon is being filled up. The arm may be swung so that thestubs are only slightly engaged to permit them to be turned like theleaves of a book for reference or in checking up. This holder is adaptedto be used with books of any thickness or any width of stub, and tobooks both flexibly and stiifly bound.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing theholder applied to a check or draft book, a portion of the checks ordrafts being removed and the stubs being confined by the holder. Fig. 2is a plan View. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the holder, showing thestubs in end elevation; and Fig. 4 is a similar View showing by dottedlines the position of the holder when it is thrown back,

' compressing the spring instead of being swung upon its axis to freethe stubs.

In the drawings, A represents the back of a check-book, B stubs thereof,and C the checks.

7 Through the cover of the back A is inserted a screw D, having the nut01 thereon. This nut is passed through an aperture in a friction-plateE, having a raised extension F, under which the rule G may be placed.The holder is made from steel wire and comprises the holder for use withbooks having stubs of the divided base H, the members of which areseparated, so as to bestride the body of the screw and pass beneath thenut thereof, and the latter being turned clamps the base members andprevents their disengagement. The holder has integral spring-coils I,and from the end of these coils spring the base portion of theholding-arm, which projects forward, the members J thereof being held inalignment and in a slightly-separated position by the clasps K, so as toprovide a way for the sliding extension L, having the head. M and asliding stop N. As shown by the full lines in Fig. 1, the extension L ispulled out, so as to hold the stub of the check being filled up on theright-hand page of the book ,while the stubs from which the checks havebeen previously detached are held upon the opposite cover. To free theholder in order to insert a new stub, the extension will be shoved backinto the clasps and then the holding-arm may be swung laterally, thescrew serving as an axis therefor, while the integral coils sweep around011 the surface of the friction-plate; or the holding-arm may be thrownbackward, as shown in Fig. 4. By giving the holding-arm the curvatureshown in Fig.4 it is adapted to the holding of a large number of stubswithout permitting any of them to escape; but obviously the book cannotbe closed so tightly as when it is straight. Therefore the arm need notbe curved until the exigencies of use require it. The extension N adaptsthe stubholder to maintain the rule in convenient proximity for use andsaves many annoyances to the person using the book.

The holder will be varied in its construction, size, and strength ofmaterials to meet the requirements of use, and it may be adapted to thethickest as well as to the thinnest of books. I prefer to make the headM on the end of the extension, so that if the book is closed without theextension having been previously pushed in the head will be engaged andthe extension pushed back without injury to the book. The extension mayalso be pulled out while the holding-arm is being turned into place, andthe extension adapts IO.) varyingwidth.

The provision of the holder with the integral coils renders it efficientwith books hav ing either a large or a small number of stubs, and makesthe holder equally efficient when the book is nearly exhausted as whenit is commenced.

The details of construction may be changed-as, for example, the numberof coils maybe increased or diminished and the length of the holding-armvaried. The friction-plate not only prevents wear on the back of thebook and breaking thereof, but it also renders the swinging of the armmore easy.

I claim 1. A stub-holder constructed from springwire doubled upon itselfto provide two parallel holding-arms and an offset base portion andhaving at the junction of its base and arms a plurality of integralcoils, in combination with suitable means for rotatably connecting saidbase portion with the cover of a book, substantially as described.

2. A stub-holder comprising, in combination, a base portion havingintegral springcoils, and a holding-arm, in combination with afriction-plate, and means for rotatably seallel holding-arms, an offsetbase portion, and

a plurality of integral coils at the-junction of the base and arms, saidarms being separated to provide a Way for a sliding extension-arm, saidextension-arm being also constructed from wire doubled upon itself toprovide a head, and suitable clasps to confine said extension-arm to itsways, substantially as described.

CHARLES Y. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

(J. C. LINTHICUM, FREDERICK C. GOODWIN.

